Ellen Coulter

Ahead of Saturday's Tasmanian election, Liberal Premier Jeremy Rockliff and Labor leader Dean Winter debated the issues. Both parties claimed success for their respective leaders, but what did we learn? 

As Jeremy Rockliff continues his pursuit of engineering a minority Liberal government after the weekend's Tasmanian election, the ABC calls a 10th seat for Labor. 

Lead the research and lead the way on Antarctica but as the US cuts environmental funding questions are raised about the future of science there.

Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis from Laura Tingle.

Potato mop-top virus was detected in New Zealand seven years ago. With the virus now present in Tasmania, what can we learn from the response across the Tasman?

Cedric and Noelene Jordan's attempt to overturn their conviction for the murder of their former son-in-law in 2009 has failed, with the Court of Criminal Appeal rejecting it on all grounds.

Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis from Laura Tingle.

Independent economist Saul Eslake and Deloitte's Cedric Hodges warn there is no easy way out of Tasmania's dire budget situation, after the treasurer delivered an "interim" budget with little in the way of concrete solutions for fixing the state's debt.

The manganese smelter in Tasmania has ore sitting untouched as Sanjeev Gupta turns to a Georgian company for a bailout, but an ASIC investigation looms.

As state and territory leaders consider tougher gun laws, the Tasmanian government is under pressure from interest groups and advocates on all sides of the debate.